I tried out arachnophobia mode and zoned into Naxxramas. I have some observations I’d like to make.
- BAM! Immediately hit by the loading screen for Naxxramas: still a huge spider.
- The crab replacement critters are still named “Spider”.
- The crab replacement mobs still encase you in spider webs.
- Anub’Rekhan, the first boss in the Arachnid wing, is still an arachnid.
- There are still spider webs everywhere.
- Maexnna, while a crab, looks like a spider-crab hybrid, so still looks like a spider. And is sitting atop spider webs.
- The creatures still make spider sounds.
I’m probably forgetting some things.
I would like to offer some feedback on Arachnophobia mode.
I took a quick peek at some of the photos in your article to understand what the replacement models would look like. It seems some of them still look like spiders.
It’s not clear why you chose to replace spiders with other multi-legged creatures that invoke the same terror as spiders.
May I respectfully request that you consider something like an Ooze instead of makrura or other “creepy” models that really don’t tone down the arachnophobia the way this feature was intended?
https://www.wowhead.com/npc=61718/jade-oozeling for example.
Thank you.